It's underway folks! If you can catch me online then I'm upping the stats for one character per player to base 40 across the board (or selectively 40, if the character is a stealther or something). Anyway, let's get crazy!

In case anyone missed it in the other thread, the world (the current version) will end tomorrow around midnight EST. I'll be logged in for at least two hours leading up to the end and we'll do some fun stuff if we have a crowd.

And this version is a wrap! Thanks to everyone who participated tonight, as well as everyone who played during the past several years. Tonight was a lot of fun, hopefully for the participants as well.

So, where do we go from here? The server will be upgraded over the weekend, during which time the forums will be unavailable. That transition will occur sometime Sunday or Monday and I'll make further announcements once things are setup again. I'm still targeting next Saturday for the start of version 8 and I'll definitely be posting updates regarding that as we get closer.

We're still plugging away, but here are some more updates to whet the palate...

New brawler ability, "knockout blow"

New knifer ability, "accurate throws"

New taoken ability, "stoneskin"

New crafter ability, "master blacksmith"

I know, I know, you're probably saying, "Great, new abilities, but I'll never see them because I always get offered crappy rank 1 and 2 abilities at ranks 3 and 4..." I hear ya, that does sound crappy...so now you'll be guaranteed to get offered at least one ability from your current rank (this also means there will be more abilities coming).

Gonna get back it, still a lot to do. I'll announce sometime tonight what the target time for the Version 8 startup is.

Oh, and you can now pay the guru in experience to reroll a 4th mature.